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• Bruno Bischofberger, Art Dealer of Stars Like Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dies at 86

  His Zurich gallery mounted important shows for Gerhard Richter, Bruce Nauman, and many more.

• Venice Biennale Artists Decline Consideration for Golden Lions Chosen by Public Vote

  More than 50 participant in Koyo Kouoh's main show expressed solidarity with the jury that resigned.

• Federal Panel Considers Plan to Paint Granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building White

  The project would cost an estimated $7.5 million and has generated more than 2,000 public comments, most of them negative.

• Numerous Venice Biennale Pavilions and Artists Go on Strike in Protest over Israel’s Participation

  Thousands of marchers gathered in the streets, in the shadow of the superyachts parked along the waterfront.

• Rare Unlooted Grave Among 44 Roman Graves Uncovered in Eastern Croatia

  The discovery was made at the site of a future farmers’ market in Vinkovci.

• DOGE Cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities Were Unconstitutional, Court Rules

  The department was ordered to rescind the cancellations of grants.

• Who Owns the Megayachts Docked Outside the Venice Biennale?

  In other words, which billionaires were in town for the opening?

• Former Korean Prosecutor Convicted in Alleged Lee Ufan Painting Bribery Scheme

  What pushed the case into strange territory was the question of whether the painting was even real.

• Artist Kader Attia Will Organize 2027 Edition of India’s Top Biennial

  His work is currently featured in Koyo Kouoh's main exhibition for the Venice Biennale.

• Was Jeffrey Epstein’s Copy of a Modernist Painting Available for Sale on eBay?

  His reproduction of a Kees van Dongen work was being sold for $25,000 before the listing disappeared.